Ortiz v. Jaramillo

OPINION

OMAN, Justice.

Petitioner, the Democratic Party Chairman of Bernalillo County, sought mandamus in the District Court to compel respondent, the County Clerk, to furnish him a copy of the magnetic tape, which had been produced and was kept by her, in her official capacity, as the "working master record” of the voter registration records of the county, pursuant to the Optional Registration Act, Chapter 3, Article 5, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 1, 1970). An alternative writ was issued, but after a hearing the court entered a judgment quashing the writ and dismissing the petition. Petitioner…